Solis Joins Civic, Business Leaders in Education Boost

Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis shakes hands with scholarship recipient Kristine Aguilar, 18, a Wilson High senior, during the Principal for a Day Scholarship luncheon at the Industry Hills Expo Center Pavilion in Industry, Calif. March 25, 2015. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb/San Gabriel Valley Tribune)

INDUSTRY >> Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis joined business and community leaders Wednesday in the Principal for the Day program in the Bassett, Rowland and Hacienda La Puente school districts.

“My home is actually about 10 minutes from here, where my mother still lives,” Solis said. “I’m a proud (La Puente High) Warrior,”

Growing up, Solis never expected to have the opportunities she has had.

“All I can tell you is that at a tender age I was once told not to dream, not to dream too big, to go along, get along,” Solis said. “Maybe just be a secretary ... but I never thought I would receive a call from the White House to become the Secretary of Labor.”